Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Mandakini Biradar, Gundlur SS, Salakinkop SR, Kuligod VB and Jagadeesh BR

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted at a farmer’s field in Yattingudda village, (Dharwad district) to study the foliar nutrition of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with zinc and iron on growth, yield, nutrient uptake and economics during rabi 2020. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block design (RCBD) with nine treatments and three replications combination with different levels of zinc sulphate and iron sulphate. The results revealed that, significantly higher plant height (41.67 cm), number of branches (21.52), dry matter production plant^-1 (22.95 g) at harvest, seed yield (18.21 q ha^-1), haulm yield (25.14 q ha^-1) and also higher uptake of nitrogen (90.39 kg ha^-1), phosphorus (11.03 kg ha^-1), potassium (48.89 kg ha^-1), sulphur (11.94 kg ha^-1) zinc (146.38 g ha^-1) and iron (449.16 g ha^-1) were recorded with RPP + foliar spray of ZnSO₄. 7H₂O and FeSO₄.7H₂O @ 0.5% at the time of pre flowering, flowering and pod setting (T₉). Similarly highest gross returns, net returns and B:C ratio was recorded in treatment (T₉) compared to control (RPP).